数百万快乐的美国老人已经证明了事实并非如此。
Millions of happy, fulfilled older Americans prove it’s not.
和中国人不同，美国老人很少和自己的孩子们住在一起。
Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.
走进今天的佛罗里达，许多退休后的美国老人在这里泡泉水。
Fast forward to the Florida of today, where many aging Americans go to live out their retirement in style.
前苏联就曾经用海豚治疗神经紊乱，美国老人院用兔子降低应激激素水平。
Dolphins were used in the former Soviet Union to treat nervous disorders and rabbits lower stress levels in American old people's homes.
这本该是个好日子，是该为这一使美国老人们活得有尊严、活得受尊重的机制喝彩的日子。
It should have been a joyous occasion, a time to celebrate a program that has brought dignity and decency to the lives of older Americans.
65岁以上的美国老人约有三分之一独自居住，85岁以上者则有一半是如此。
About one-third of Americans older than 65 live alone; half of those over 85 do.
如今在美国有72000名百岁老人。
《美国老年医学会杂志》上发表的一项新研究通过考察246名孩子的性格特征研究了这个问题，这些孩子都是100岁以上老人的后代。
A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.
没有根本改变美国的权利——其最大的项目是老人的养老金和医疗补贴，预算危机的潜在威胁将依然存在。
Without radical change to America's entitlements, whose largest items are pensions and subsidised health care for the elderly, the looming threat of a budget crisis will remain.
在美国，只有非常少的退休老人购买年金。
美国老年化带来的大量问题可以通过更多的老人继续工作来解决。
Many of the problems caused by the ageing of America would be eased if more old people carried on working.
这位拒绝向美国电视新闻网透露姓名的老人，说清理工作已经持续了好几周了。
The man, who declined to share his name with CNN, says the clean-up has been going on for weeks.
答：在美国，对残疾老人和生命垂危者的照护大约80%是由家属提供的。
A: in the USA about 80% of all care for disabled elderly and dying people is provided by family.
在大型发达国家中，美国是唯一一个儿童比老人数量大的，也是少数几个工作年龄的人口还在增长的发达国家之一。
America will be the only big developed country where children outnumber pensioners, and one of the few developed countries where the working-age population is still growing.
中国小孩是父母和亲戚给“压岁钱”，美国小孩是从圣诞老人那里得到圣诞礼物。
As Chinese kids get "lucky money" from their parents and relatives, American children get Christmas presents from Santa Claus.
戈登：在美国文化中，圣诞老人关照全世界的人，特别是儿童。
Gordon: In American Culture Santa Claus is a person who watches over the world, especially children.
今年的圣诞季，从美国各地白胡子、红衣服的圣诞老人收到的圣诞心愿中，反映出经济困难时期的萧瑟之象。
A wintry measure of hard times can be found this holiday season on the knee of white-bearded, red-suited men around the country.
美国有将近2000万老人生活在养老院里，远离了公众的视线，在一定程度上也远离了我们的思绪。
Nearly two million of America's elderly are warehoused in nursing homes, out of sight and, to some extent, out of mind.
最近经合组织对其12个成员国进行调查，发现其中5个国家(包括美国)丧失行为能力的老人明显减少。
When the OECD recently looked at 12 member countries, it found clear signs of a recent decline in disability in elderly people in only five of them (including America).
由杜克大学的KennethManton主持的研究发现，近几年，美国65岁以上行为能力丧失的老人人数大为减少。
Research led by Kenneth Manton at Duke University found that in recent years disability above the age of 65 in America has been falling significantly.
几乎有三成美国民众告诉民调机构美国还没有准备好让一位70好几的老人入主白宫。
Almost 30% of Americans tell pollsters that America is not ready to put a septuagenarian into the White House.
美国一年花费1720亿美元照顾患有老人痴呆症的人。
The United States spends $172 billion a year to care for people with Alzheimer’s.
我们有责任信守这项承诺；为了我们的老人，残疾人以及所有美国人捍卫《社会保障法》，今天，明天，直至永远。
We have an obligation to keep that promise; to safeguard Social Security for our seniors, people with disabilities, and all Americans - today, tomorrow, and forever.
美国人关于圣诞老人的概念源于圣-尼古拉斯，他生于公元280年的小亚细亚。众所周知，他是个和蔼、慈善的人；确实，由于他的慷慨宽大而成为一位圣徒。
The concept of the American Santa Claus originated with St. Nicholas, who was born in Asia Minor in 280 A.D. he was known as a kind, benevolent man; indeed made a saint because of his generosity.
当美国小孩子进入十几岁以后，他们开始得知圣诞老人并不是真正地存在。
When American kids get into their teens, they begin to find out that Santa Claus doesn't really exist.
当美国小孩子进入十几岁以后，他们开始得知圣诞老人并不是真正地存在。
When American kids get into their teens, they begin to find out that Santa Claus doesn't really exist.
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